Algiers, 13 Feb-(ANA)-Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has said he will run for a third term in elections in April.
"I announce my candidature as an independent," Mr Bouteflika told a crowd of cheering supporters in the capital Algiers.
Mr Bouteflika is widely tipped to win the elections.
Last November, the parliament passed a constitutional amendment abolishing a two-term limit for the president. The move was criticised by the opposition.
Opposition parties said the reform could destroy political pluralism.
Mr Bouteflika, a veteran of Algerian politics, was first elected in 1999.
He has overseen a return to relative peace, though there has been a series of suicide bombings over the last two years blamed on militants linked to al-Qaeda. (ANA)
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